The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09

made better selection. Mr.. Watson was for
many years agent of the Bee-line at Indian
apolis. and very competent ons
Up to Saturday night there had been shipped
from Poseyville, Ind. this season, 255 carloads
of watermelons. Tuesday OF last week was the
banner day, says the Poseyville News. 30 car
loads being shipped on that day. total of 40 GOO
melons
Some of the New York merchants ship
ping package goods at carload rates again, and
Western merchants are considerably exercised
over the matter. as it enables the New I ork
merchant to undersell the Western merchant In
his own territory
Passengers leaving Sere OF the noon trains
West make close connections with the L.. N, A.
81 g. for French Lick Springs. and now reach
that point at ESQ p NJ instead OF 900 P. NJ, and
ride on n regular passenger instead of mixed
train as heretofore.
1t is stated that the Columbus. indianapolis g.
Western 1.-THE reorganzed L.. Il. q w will have
its new securities out by Dec. l. The road. the
first seven months of this year. earned 500. 900
per month its fixed charges and operating
expenses. which sum will pay per cent div
idend the preferred stock.
The Wabash Western people are very conf
dent that the petition of the Wabash road proper,
which lies in the States of Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio, will be turned over to them within the
next sixty days A decision favorable to the
Wabash Western company is looked for from
Justice Harlan carly in September.
The Indianapolis car works now working
force of nearly 700 men. the largest since the
1S00 cars for the Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fs.
The Terre Haute Express saws the car-works re-
Gently burned in that city will be in operation at
a greater capacity than previous to the fire by
next Friday.
The Lake Erie & Western is disappointed in
securing rails to improve the track between
Peru and Michigan CITY. The Indianapolis mill
was to deliver them 2. 900 tons in June and not a
pound 10 vet delivered. Meantime. the l. e. e
w. people have been putting in thousands of
new cross-ties and rebuilding bridges and
frnQ thA r. ~ ~tSr0 ~ ~ papv1
and Templeton, which is used jointly by the c.,
l., st. l.. & G. and the Lake Erie & Western, has
been so improved that it is OF the best
pieces of track in the State. In fact, from La
been so great the last few months to place it
in the best condition. No part of the c., l., St
l.. & c. road rides more smoothly.
La Porte, which in the early eighties used to
ship south the Indianapolis, Peru g.
Chicago road thirty to sixty car loads of ice per
thus far this year shipped seven carloads of
ice Good crops of ice the last two winters at
points further south and the large number of
ice manufacturing machines which have been
introduced have greatly decreased the demand.
F. w. Lee. general passenger agent of the
Lake Erie s. Western road, takes exceptions to
the item regarding the Detroit slaepin coach,
which appeared in the Journal on the 5th. He
says: 'The connection hauling the Indian polis
and Detroit sleepers not broken by this
company; in fact, we were only given ten days
notice, when our contract called for thirty,
hardly time enough TO notify our agents, not to
speak of our connecting lines. The sleeper.
however, was never paying institution. and
the scoring that you refer to must have been
given by some dark horse The few passengers
that formerly parronized the car if congregated
together, could not possibly create much dis
turbance."